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Blankney which was once the estate village for Blankney Hall, is a small picturesque village in Lincolnshire.

( In the Domesday Book of 1086 - it was known as Blachene which means
Blanca's island of land.)

Which can be found approximately
ten miles to the north of Sleaford and eleven miles to the south-east of Lincoln.

To visit by road take the A15 from Lincoln to Sleaford,
the B1202 towards Metheringham, then turn south on to the B1188,
or you can take the B1188 from Lincoln direct to the centre of the village.

The local church is St. Oswald's.

The Blankney estate had been since the Norman Conquest the property of the Deincourts.

But In the fifteenth century the entire estate was passed through the marriage of an heiress to the Lovels of Titchmarsh.

All the estates of the Lovels were confiscated by Henry VII, after the battle of Stoke Field (16th June 1487).

Blankney estate was then sold to the Thorolds.

During the reign of Charles I, through a marriage with the Thorold heiress, the entire estate was passed on to Sir William Widdrington, who in 1643 was made Baron Widdrington of Blankney.

But all was to end in 1715 when Lord Widdrington's great grandson made the fatal mistake of taking part in the 1715 rebellion. He was captured and taken prisoner at Preston, later convicted of high treason and in 1716 his lands and all assets were confiscated.

In 1719 Thomas Chaplin a member of the very wealthy Chaplin family, who had been landowners in Lincolnshire since 1658, was fortunate enough to buy Blankney estate from the Commissioners of Confiscated Property.

Thomas Chaplin died in 1747, the estate then passed on to his son John Chaplin, the Chaplin's were to keep the estate in the family until 1897. When due to mounting debts and other problems Henry Chaplin born in 1841 at Ryhall Hall near Stamford, had no alternative but to finally sell the estate to Lord Londesborough.

Blankney Hall was badly damaged in 1945 by fire, leaving only an empty shell which was demolished in the 1960s.

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Potterhanworth Booths, Southrey, Hykeham Moor, Bracebridge low Fields, Potterhanworth, Stixwould, North Hykeham, Wasps Nest, South Hykeham, Waddington, Nocton, Sots Hole, Dunston, Haddington, Harmston, Kirkstead, Aubourn, Metheringham, Thurlby, Coleby, Bassingham, Martin, Norton Disney, Boothby Graffoe, Kirkby Green, Scopwick, Carlton-le-Moorland, Navenby, Timberland, Stapleford, Wellingore,
Thorpe Tilney, Walcot, Rowston, Ashby de la Launde, Welbourn, Digby, Billinghay,
Brant Broughton, Bloxholm, North Kyme, Beckingham, Stragglethorpe, Dorrington, Fenton, Leadenham, Anwick, Cranwell, Ruskington, Chapel Hill,

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